The 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze (Škoda houfnice vz 14) was a dual-purpose field and mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I, with variations of the 14 and improved 14/19 used by several countries afterwards, especially Italy.
The Royal Army Arsenal in Turin developed a new series of ammunition for the howitzers which were introduced in 1932 and included chemical warfare grenades.
[6][7] At the outbreak of World War II the Royal Army and the Guardia alla Frontiera were fielding 1,325 Mod.
14 in the original Austro-Hungarian configuration,[8] 199 of the upgraded models which had their wooden wheels replaced with tires, and 181 Mod.
[7] After World War II some of the howitzers were modified by the Military Arsenal of Naples for use as mountain artillery, with the denominations 100/17 Mod.
In the second half of the fifties the howitzers were further modified for the service in the Italian Army with the versions 100/17 Mod.
The modification of the field artillery version included a circular shooting platform, pneumatic wheels and a gun shield taken from reserve Ordnance QF 25-pounder howitzers, while the mountain artillery version omitted the circular shooting platform.
14/61 remains in service with the Italian Army: located in Rome on the Janiculum it is fired since 1991 at noon every day to indicate the time.
Data provided has generally been for a steel-tubed howitzer as given at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.